Combination shade and curtain hanger.



E. E. MOORE.

COMBINATION SHADE AND CURTAIN HANGER.

APPLIOATION FILED APB..21,1911.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

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*ELMER E. MOORE, OF MARTINS FERRY, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO LEO SMITH AND ONE-THIRD TO JOSEPH FEHRENBACH, BOTH OF MARTINS FERRY, OHIO.

COMBINATION SHADE AND CURTAIN HANGER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER E. Moons, a citizen of the United States, residing at Martins Ferry, in the county of Belmont and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Shade and Curtain Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of combined curtain and shade hangers in which the curtain supporting means is adjustably con nected with the shade hanger bracket and it has for its object to provide a shade and curtain hanger of the general character noted of a simple and inexpensive construction in which the parts are so designed that they can be fitted upon any window casing, which need not be removed when attached to the casing and in which the pole support is readily shifted for placing the curtain at any distance away from the wall without changing the hanger.

With other objects in View that will hereinafter appear, my invention consists in certain details of construction and peculiar combination of parts, all of which will be hereinafter fully explained, specifically pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1, is a perspective view that shows my combined shade and curtain hanger in an operative position. Fig. 2, is a side elevation thereof, partly in section, the curtain pole and shade being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3, is a diagrammatic view of the blank from which the bracket is formed.

In the practical application of my invention the brackets each comprise a stamped out sheet metal member 1 that is bent up from an upper horizontal portion 1" provided with a series of apertures 1 and whose outer end merges with a vertical portion 1 pendent from and at right angles to the portion 1*. From the portion 1, the member 1 is bent inwardly to form a pendent angle brace 1 the inner end of which terminates in an apertured bearing ear 1 that alines a similar ear 1 that extends upwardly from the inner end of the lap portion 1, the said ears forming the fasteners through which the screws or nails 2 are driven and by which the brackets are firmly Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 21, 1911.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

Serial No. 622,538.

held on the window frame. At that end having the ear 1 the bracket member 1 is stamped with a laterally extended triangular shaped portion 1 that has a slot 1 in the angle face 1, the latter face being in such relation to the body of the member 1 that when the portion 1 is bent up at right angles to the said body the saidfaee 1 is the upper edge of a horizontally disposed bearing 3, it being understood that one of the said portions 1 has an aperture instead of a slot like 1* whereby to accommodate the square and round ends of the well-known Hartshorn type of shade rollers, as will be readily understood by referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings.

4l-4= designate the pole supporting brackets each of which comprises a sheet metal member, one end of which is bent to form a semi-circular seat or hearing 1 and the other end of which is bent down and then back upon itself as at .11 and the said bent portion 411 has an aperture 1-2 that alines an aperture 413 in the body of the bracket, said apertures being provided whereby to swivelly mount the pole brackets 41 on extension rods 3, each of which have angle hook members 3 at one end whereby the said ends can be readily slipped into a locked engagement with any one of the apertures 1 in the main bracket member 1, as is best shown in Fig. 2, by reference to which it will be seen the rods 3 lie flatwise upon the bracket portions 1 and their outer ends are turned up to form stud bearings 32 for engaging the apertured inner ends of the brackets 1.

By arranging and combining the members 3 with the apertured bracket portion 1", as shown and described, a very simple and easily adjustable means for moving the pole bracket members inwardly is provided, it being obvious, that to adjust the pole brackets, it is only necessary to swing the rods 3 up to bring the lug fin er into an interlocking position, the said linger being readily pulled out of the apertures.

From the foregoing taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages and complete construction of my invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the inven tion relates.

Each of the pole brackets has a clamping screw 46 for securely holding the pole in its bearings.

lVhat I claim is:

1. In a curtain and shade hanger, a bracket having a bearing for the shade roller and including a horizontally and outwardly extended apertured member, an eX- pansible rod support mounted on and interlockable with the apertured member of the bracket, and a pole holder swivelly mounted on the outer end of the said rod support.

2. In a curtain and shade hanger; a bracket bent up from a single sheet metal member and including a horizontally projected member having a series of holes, a downwardly and inwardly inclined member, a bracket at the inner end of the said inclined member having a bearing for the shade roller, the inner ends of the said horizontal and inclined members having apertured ears for receiving the screws or studs, a rod having an inturned portion for hooking through the holes in and interlocking with the apertured member of the bracket, the outer end of the said rod having an upturned bearing, and pole holding brackets swivelly mounted upon the said up-turned bearing.

3. In a combined shade and curtain hanger, the combination with a bracket, said bracket including an upper horizontal member and a downwardly and inwardly inclined member, the latter having bearings for receiving the shade roller, a rod having an inturned hook for interlocking with the apertured portion of the bracket, said rod being supportable upon the said apertured portion of the bracket and having its outer end turned up to form a bearing member, and a pole holding bracket formed of a single piece of metal one end of which is bent into semi-circular shape, the other end of which is bent at right angles and in a plane with itself to form parallel members, the said members having alining apertures to receive the upturned hook of the rod, and means on the bracket for clamping the pole.

ELMER E. MOORE.

Witnesses GEORGE COOKIE, ELGIE RICE.

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